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July 24, 2023
For Writers: A Crash Course on Divining Your Daemon
Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on creativity for writers, situated at the intersection of religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, culture, and the daemon muse. You can subscribe by clicking this button:
Dear Living Dark community,
This post is for any writer, from aspiring to accomplished, who wants to better understand the concept, presence, and influence of the muse, the daimon/daemon, or the inner genius in his...
July 10, 2023
You Are an Instrument of Something Higher: A Conversation with Jerry Martin (Podcast Transcript)
Dear Living Dark readers,
What follows is the transcript of my podcast interview with Jerry L. Martin, author of God: An Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher. It is not, however, simply a raw transcript. I have significantly enhanced it for paying subscribers to this newsletter. This is the same approach that I will use for all future podcast transcripts.
The enhancements are of two types, one simple and the other more profound. The first shows up on the level of words and sentences. As you know...
God's Autobiographer: A Conversation with Jerry Martin (Podcast Transcript)
Dear Living Dark readers,
What follows is the transcript of my podcast interview with Jerry L. Martin, author of God: An Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher. It is not, however, simply a raw transcript. I have significantly enhanced it for paying subscribers to this newsletter. This is the same approach that I will use for all future podcast transcripts.
The enhancements are of two types, one simple and the other more profound. The first shows up on the level of words and sentences. As you know...
July 3, 2023
Unraveling the Illusion of Resistance and Tapping the Flow of Creation (Cosmic Creativity 2)
Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on waking up at the intersection of creativity, writing, religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, culture, and the numinous unknown. You can subscribe by clicking this button:
Dear Living Dark readers,
First, some publication news: I’m pleased to announce that Volume 2 of my Journals is now a reality. Available editions include Kindle, paperback, and hardcover. Booklife by Publishers ...
June 20, 2023
The Job of Cultural Preservation and Transmission in the Present Time
Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on waking up at the intersection of creativity, writing, religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, and culture. You can subscribe by clicking this button:
Dear Living Dark readers,
Anyone who followed my former blog, The Teeming Brain, for any length of time—and I maintained that blog for a long time indeed (16 years)—knew that I was seriously engaged with notions and emotions of dysto...
June 14, 2023
Ray Bradbury's Advice to Aspiring Writers
Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on waking up at the intersection of religion, horror, creativity, and the numinous unknown. You can subscribe by clicking this button:
A REMINDER: Preorders are open for the Kindle edition of my second volume of personal journals. The paperback and hardcover versions will become available on publication day (June 30). If you’d like read the introduction to the combined two-volume set, click here.
Dear Living D...
June 6, 2023
Notes & Gleanings: The AI Matrix, the Pathos of Rod Serling, and Life's Ultimate Question
Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on waking up at the intersection of religion, horror, creativity, nonduality, and the numinous unknown. You can subscribe by clicking this button:
Dear Living Dark readers,
Here’s a new batch of thoughts and reflections from my recent activity on Substack Notes, plus a new batch of reading, listening, and viewing recommendations brought back from my recent foragings.
Remember: For any notes that show up below a...
June 1, 2023
Available for preorder: 'Journals, Volume 2'
Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on waking up at the intersection of religion, horror, creativity, nonduality, and the numinous unknown. You can subscribe by clicking this button:
The strangest book project that I have undertaken in my 25 years as a published writer is presently coming to a conclusion. Journals, Volume 2: 2002–2022 will be published on June 30 as a Kindle book, a trade paperback, and a hardcover. T...
Preorder my new book: 'Journals, Volume 2'
The strangest book project that I have undertaken in my 25 years as a published writer is presently coming to a conclusion. Journals, Volume 2: 2002–2022 will be published on June 30 as a Kindle book, a trade paperback, and a hardcover. The Kindle edition is now available for preorder. The physical editions will be available beginning on launch day.
I have been honestly surprised, and sometimes amazed, at the expressions of gratitude and excitement that have come my way...
May 30, 2023
Resistance Is the Enemy Within (Cosmic Creativity 1)
Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on waking up at the intersection of creativity, writing, religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, and culture. You can subscribe by clicking this button:
Dear Living Dark readers,
This is the first in a series of planned essays on the transpersonal, cosmic, and ontological roots of writing and creativity. I will share some very personal things in these essays, couched in highly philos...
